# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Virtual Conversation with Author Ted Chiang
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: What does it mean to be human in an age of accelerating technology?

Join internationally acclaimed author Ted Chiang for a captivating keynote exploring the profound questions at the heart of his celebrated collection Exhalation: Stories.

Known for bridging rigorous science with deep emotional insight in works like Stories of Your Life and Others, Chiang challenges us to rethink free will, memory, consciousness, and the persistence of wonder in a changing universe. From the Oscar-nominated film Arrival, adapted from his story “Story of Your Life,” to being named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in AI, Chiang has become a defining voice of our technological era.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pennington-new-jersey/virtual-conversation-with-author-ted-chiang/200029694080551
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.penningtonlibrary.org/2026TedChiang/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=pennington%2C+new+jersey-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Pennington, New Jersey
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 30 N Main St, Pennington, NJ 08534-2218, United States, Pennington, New Jersey

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Pennington Public Library NJ (https://allevents.in/org/pennington-public-library-nj/3276455)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 30 N Main St, Pennington, NJ 08534-2218, United States, Pennington, New Jersey
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Pennington Public Library NJ
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Virtual Conversation with Author Ted Chiang ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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